Erik Aston on 16 November 2007
| mr-money said: I don't agree with many on that list. Some are pure speculation, and I really can't see Link's crossbow training do well. I think from a mass-market perspective, a crossbow alienates far too many audiences. It needs to be something more general than a crossbow. |
I would guess a crossbow is far less alienating than some sort of gun.
Remember that outside of Japan, every Wii Zapper sold comes with Link's Crossbow Training, together costing $20. The game is guarenteed to move 1M copies, and probably several million.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
